OTISFIELD — Less than a week after closing the town beach on Pleasant Lake because of E. coli bacteria in the water, Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore said the beach is open again. Pastore wrote on the town’s website that Friday morning’s test of Pleasant Lake “came back clean,” and that the beach would be reopened […]
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Otisfield beach area closed because of bacteria
OTISFIELD — Administrative Assistant Anne Pastore told selectmen Wednesday evening that that the town beach on Pleasant Lake will be closed until further notice because of E. coli bacteria in the water. Pastore said she recently was notified by residents that children swimming in the lake were getting sick after getting out of the water. […]
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35 of 36 leaseholders sign Heniger Park agreement
OTISFIELD — The town’s lengthy effort to increase Heniger Park lease payments to reflect other lakeside property values is over. A total of 35 of the 36 tenants have or will sign a 99-year lease with the town for lots in the 100-acre park on the west shore of Pleasant Lake, selectmen announced this week. […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Otisfield selectmen to plan dam strategy
OTISFIELD — The Board of Selectmen said they hope to meet with their counterparts in Casco at the end of the month to put together a strategy for repairing the Pleasant Lake dam. Board of Selectmen Chairman Hal Ferguson said both Otisfield and Casco selectmen have the engineer’s report in hand and will now tentatively […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
182 campers from 8 countries welcomed at Seeds of Peace Camp
OTISFIELD — There were no rockets whistling overhead on Sunday morning at Pleasant Lake. There were no thunderous explosions ripping apart humanity or heavy thuds from tank shells noisily obliterating buildings. The only noise came from chickadees chattering away in tall pines as 182 teens from eight countries sang and chanted wholeheartedly 75 minutes prior […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
99-year lease offered to Pleasant Lake leaseholders
OTISFIELD — The Heniger Park Reassessment Committee will offer a 99-year lease to leaseholders on Pleasant Lake who agree to terminate their current 50-year lease in writing between Jan. 1 and June 30, 2015. Additionally, the committee recommends that a land capitalization value of 2.2 percent times the assessed value be used to determine the […]